Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Rye
1 cup
6-10
2-3
2-3
¼-½
Sesame
1½ cups
6-10
3-4
2-3
seed length
Soybean
1 cup
10-20
5-6
3-6
½-2
Spinach
3 tbsp
5-8
2-3
3-5
½-2
Sunflower
(hulled)
1 cup
2-6
2-3
½-3
½-2
Triticale
1½ cups
6-10
2-3
2-3
¼-½
Wheat
1 cup
6-10
2-3
2-5
¼-½
(Sources: Stevens 1997, 198; Emery 1998, 114)
Notes on Camping Gear
If you ever need to evacuate your home and emergency shelters are either full or unavailable,
camping gear can make a big difference in your comfort and mobility. This section offers sug-
gestions for selecting practical, high-quality camping equipment.
Tents
Your tent is your shelter from the elements. What kind of weather do you anticipate you might
encounter? Low-cost dome tents are available from major discount stores and price clubs. They
will do an adequate job when the weather is not severe, but will keep you awake in moderate
winds due to flapping fabric, and will probably fall apart in winds over 40 mph. Specialty back-
country stores stock four-season tents, which will hold up under significant snow loads and
high winds. Expedition tents, proven in arctic conditions and the Himalayas, will hold up under
hurricane-force winds (provided they are anchored to something that does not blow away), and
can provide shelter when roofs are blowing off buildings, though they provide little protection
from flying debris. Naturally, they cost several times what the cheap discount tents cost. Ex-
pedition tents (see
fig. 3-5
) do not have the comfort and headroom of low-cost family tents,
which are adequate for moderate weather conditions. Several top-quality brands of tents that I
can recommend are Wild Country, Sierra Designs, Bibler, North Face, Gauruda, and Walrus.
